HP and Deloitte announce 3D printing partnership as they bid to reinvent manufacturing

HP Reinventing Manufacturing

HP and Deloitte announce their 3D printing partnership.

HP and Deloitte have announced a new 3D printing partnership that they hope will accelerate the digitalisation of manufacturing.

In a partnership that will see the pair implement HP's Multi Jet Fusion (MJF) 3D printing platform in large-scale manufacturing environments, the two companies wish to support business in the acceleration of product development. Specifically, product design, product manufacturing, and the optimisation of efficiency across the manufacturing lifecycle will receive significant attention.

The announcement was made during a joint event held by the two partners in California, which saw media attend the Jabil Sky Blue Center - the manufacturing servicer a beneficiary of the alliance - as well as HP offices new and old. Titled Reinventing Manufacturing, the two-day event comprised of a series of presentations and tours which explained how the partners would achieve their goal of securing 3D printing as a volume manufacturing tool, and within what facilities.

"The digitalisation of global manufacturing operations and practices will impact companies and consumers around the world, and 3D printing will play an important role in fundamentally changing manufacturing as we know it," said Punit Renjen, Deloitte Global CEO. "This alliance comprises two exceptional brands and brings together HP's leading 3D printing platform with Deloitte's digital manufacturing experience and global client reach."

"The Fourth Industrial Revolution is upon us," HP Inc President and CEO, Dion Weisler added. "No sector of the global economy is undergoing more radical transformation than the US$12 trillion manufacturing market. Companies investing in digital reinvention are poised to outpace their peers. Building on our disruptive 3D printing technology, together with Deloitte, we are focused on helping customers transform and win in this new era."

The principal feature of HP and Deloitte's ambition to transform manufacturing is the Multi Jet Fusion 3D printing platform. With influences from SAP, Siemens, Autodesk and Materialise in the engineering, software and manufacturing workflow, and the Open Materials and Applications Lab - which so far is seeing the likes of Arkema; BASF; Evonik; and Henkel work on the development of new materials - running in parallel, the two partners appear confident of achieving their goal.

HP Reinventing Manufacturing

Jabil is just one multi-billion dollar company set to harness the HP 3D printing technology. BMWGroup; Johnson & Johnson; Nike; among others, will also be using the MJF to enhance their business operations. Next month, Jabil is set to welcome two more MJF platforms to add to their current four, as the company prepares to accelerate its additive-based production of functional applications.

"3D printing empowers design freedom and product personalisation while delivering a digital thread to transform supply chains and open the door for distributed manufacturing," John Dulchinos, VP of Digital Manufacturing at Jabil said. "As part of this powerful ecosystem, Jabil works with leaders like HP and Deloitte to help customers across different industries benefit from HP's groundbreaking Multi Jet Fusion technology to make production-grade parts in volume and ramp additive manufacturing innovations."

Siemens PLM and SAP, while having a role to play in the operation of the MJF platform, have also both had long-term correspondence with HP and Deloitte. As the two companies come together to focus on the reinvention of manufacturing with HP's flagship additive manufacturing technology, Siemens PLM and SAP share not only the ambition of HP and Deloitte, but also the confidence in their additive manufacturing plans.

"This new alliance reinforces the longstanding relations Siemens has built with HP and Deloitte, and creates greater opportunities ti digitally transform the global manufacturing industry. We see enormous potential in the next generation of product design, engineering, manufacturing and business innovations that elevate the voxel control and production-ready capabilities of HP's Multi Jet Fusion 3D printing technology," commented Tony Hemmelgarn, President and CEO, Siemens PLM software.

HP and Deloitte's additive manufacturing alliance will begin in the United States, expanding to other geographies as the companies aim to reinvent manufacturing on a global scale, combining the former's managed print, device-as-a-service, commercial mobility and cyber security proficiencies, with the latter's business transformation expertise.

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